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I'm in the south metro, but wouldn't mind a short drive. I'm a bit confused about MAAF, they don't seem to have a website. Is it a reputable association??

I haven't trained in the past, not in aikido at least. Just a year of this, year of that, nothing too serious. There is Twin Cities Aikido Center, which seems to operate under USAF, but I'm looking for some pointers before heading out to sign on.

The aikido I teach at Minnesota Aiki Shuren Dojo is the aikido Morihiro Saito Sensei taught in the early 90's until his untimely passing in 2002. As it was Morihiro Saito Sensei's mission to preserve the aikido of his teacher, Founder Morihei Ueshiba, it is my mission to preserve the aikido I learned directly from my teacher, Morihiro Saito Sensei, in the latter years of Saito Sensei's life- precisely as he taught it at the Founder's dojo (Ibaraki Aiki Shuren Dojo) in Iwama, Japan.

I have trained for Mark Larson at a seminar he had in Torsby, Sweden and got away with a very positive impression. Also trained with some of his students both at the Torsby-seminar and at Shibata senseis seminar in Copenhagen and found them to be big, strong and fun to train with.

I'm in the south metro, but wouldn't mind a short drive. I'm a bit confused about MAAF, they don't seem to have a website. Is it a reputable association??

I haven't trained in the past, not in aikido at least. Just a year of this, year of that, nothing too serious. There is Twin Cities Aikido Center, which seems to operate under USAF, but I'm looking for some pointers before heading out to sign on.

Having trained at many dojos in the Twin Cities area I would recommend Aikido of Minnesota http://www.aikidominnesota.org/. Some really great people with a great reputation. Also, I would recommend Enso Dojo in Burnsville http://www.aikidobukou.com/dnn/enso. Again some really great people to work with. I have personally trained at these locations and have nothing but good things to say about them. Good luck.